ALEX SHELLEY TO STAR AT WXW VISION
- 02/22/2010 (8:18:43 pm)
- Bob Mulrenin
…
The next three weeks will be extremely eventful for Germany's WestsideXtreme Wrestling. From March 5th-7th there will be the annual
16 Carat Gold Tournament in
Oberhausen, Germany.
The 17 participants fighting for the
trophy will be: Chris Hero, Claudio Castagnoli, Ares, Erick Stevens,
Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson, Kagetora, Munenori Sawa, Daisuke Sekimoto,
Yuji Okabayashi, Johnny Kidd, Martin Stone, Paul Tracey, Big van
Walter, Adam Polak, Bad Bones and Tommy End. Also scheduled to defend
their wXw World Tag Team Titles is the Switchblade Conspiracy against
Up in Smoke (Cheech & Cloudy).
Just one week later
wXw will debut in the US to kick off the day of Wrestling in the
Arena, Philadelphia before CZW host "Walking on Pins and Needles".
The German promotion will bring six of the best wrestlers from
Europe to show the fans in Philadelphia what Westside Xtreme Wrestling
is all about.
Already much talked about is the third match in
their famous fed for Drake Younger and Thumbtack Jack. "The Pain in
the Glass Match" will follow their SAW Deathmatch and the No Ropes
Barbed Wire Match that took place in Germany - who can win the
tiebreaking match in this rivalary?
Chris Hero debuted
for wXw in 2002, since then he helped wXw grow and won the World
Heavyweight Title as well as the 16 Carat Gold Tournament in 2007.
Hero is proud to be a part of this special show and will face an old
nemesis in B-Boy, who just recently lost the CZW World Championship to
Jon Moxley.
Moxley is set to team with Sami Callihan against
the American Wolves in a first time ever match up. If the Switchblade
Conspiracy will still be wXw World Tag Team Champions after 16 Carat
Gold then their titles will be on the line.
Davey Richards
and Eddie Edwards will be exclusive to this show on the day. So make
sure to catch this exciting tag team at wXw "Vision". Also exclusively
wrestling on the afternoon event will be former wXw World Champion
Just signed for this show is a match between the two cornerstones of
wXw. Steve Douglas will wrestle Bad Bones. For some fans in the US
these will likely be two unfamiliar names, but not only in wXw but in
the whole of Europe these two are competing in Main Events and holding
Championships.
It was Douglas who bought "The German Psycho"
Bad Bones into wXw in 2005 but their alliance broke just half a year
later. In the last four years these two wrestled all over Europe and
had some brutal matches. After a 10 month run for a title shot Bad
Bones achieved his big dream in January 2009 to win the wXw World
Heavyweight Title. And he beat none other then Steve Douglas.
But this is 2010 and Douglas is the Champion again. He is set to
defend the title against Absolute Andy at 16 Carat Gold but if Douglas
can retain the title it will be on the line in Philadelphia.
Can history repeat itself? You will find out March 13th!
But you
already know that you are gonna get a rare singles match between the
two best wrestlers Germany has had in the last 15 years!
wXw originally only wanted to have wrestlers on their show
with an extended history in the promotion, but while promoting a show
in America they cannot deny the talent in recent breakout star TJP!
TJP's style fits in perfectly with wXw so the outstanding
technical wrestler will get a chance to make an impression when he
makes his debut not only in wXw but also the Arena.
The last
European wrestler for the Vision roster is the big 6'4 Austrian
powerhouse Big van Walter. Walter was trained by Tatsuhito Takaiwa and
Riki Choshu in the Zero One Dojo and is one of the hardest hitting
wrestlers in the world. In 2008 he teamed with Bad Bones against Kenta
Kobashi and Go Shiozaki but lost to Kobashi. But Walter is a changed
wrestler. He is part of the vicious Catch Hoolz Faction with the
British Kartel and hasn't lost a match in 11 months.
More information at usa.wxw-wrestling.com (incl. Shotgun! -
Videocast)
Tags:
